Display-cabinet.



J. B. TINSLEY.

DISPLAY CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23. I9I4.

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DISPLAY CABINET. APPLICATION FILED MAR- 23, 1 9l4- 1 138,913@ PatentedMayll, 1915 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

ATTORNEY,

JOSEPH B. TINSLEY, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

DISPLAY-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1915.

Application filed March 23, 1914. Serial No. 826,566.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH B. TINSLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kansas City, in the county of Wyandotte and State of Kansas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display- Cabinets,of which the following is a specification;

My invention relates to improvements in knockdown display cabinets, andone object is to provide a cabinet of this character which may bereadily set up for use, or knockdown for storage or shipment.

The invention embodies bins and open shelves, adapted to hold a largevariety of produce, or merchandise, and consequently the invention maybe utilized to good advantage in grocery stores, hardware stores,department stores, etc. The shelves and bins are mounted to revolveabout a central axis. Hence the cabinet may be set in a corner where itwill occupy but little space, as any bin or side of a shelf can bebrought 1 within easy reach by turning it upon said axis- In order thatthe invention may be fully understood, reference will now be made to theaccompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a central vertical section of the curing the brackets to theshaft or axis of the cabinet.

A designates a floor and B the ceiling of a room in which "the cabinetis located, said floor and ceiling being provided, respectively, withvertically alined, bearings 1 and 2 to receive the journals 3 and 4 atthe lower and upper ends, respectively, of a telescopic shaft 5,constituting the axis of the cabinet.

Shaft 5 com rises two sections 6 and 7, the

latter of WlllCll is slidably-mounted within the former, so that saidshaft may be extended or contracted to accommodate ceilings of differentheights. Section 7 is held at any point vof its adjustment in section 6y a collar 8," adjustably engaging the former and resting upon the upperend of the latter. The upper portion of shaft 5 is provided with one ormore shelves 9, comprising a plurality of brackets 10. and plates 11.Each shelf, preferably, consists of four overlapping at their inner endsand removably-secured to two of the brackets with bolts 12, Fig. 2. Theinner ends of 'the brackets 10 are bent downward at right angles totheir horizontal portions to fit against the shaft 5, they beingremovablysecured to said shaft by a collar 13 made in two piecesremovably-connected by bolts 14. The inner side of the collar 13 hasrecesses 15 to receive the tapered downturned ends of the brackets 10,the walls 16 of said recesses serving to reliably hold the bracketsequal distances apart.

17 designates the bin or drawer section mounted upon the lower portionof the shaft 5. Said bin section, in the present instance, consists offour bins 18, a top shelf 19, and a bottom shelf 20. The top and bottomshelves 19 and 20, respectively, are identical in construction to theshelves 9, while the bins 18 are, substantially, of triangular form inplan view, so that they abut as shown by Fig. 3, when in closedposition. The front sides of the bins 18 are segmental in form toconstitute a circle when the bins are in closed position, and thusconform to the contour of the shelves 9, 19 and 20. The front side ofeach bin has a handle ,21, whereby it may be readily opened or closed.

In order that the bins may be readily opened or closed, I provide eachwith an upper antifriction roller 22, and a plurality of lowerantifriction rollers 23. The upper antifriction rollers 22 traverse theundersides of the adjacent shelf brackets 10 and are journaled inbearings 24 secured to the sides. of the respective bins, while thelower rollers'23 engagetlfeufidersides of the b1ns and are journaled inbearings 25 secured to the top of the bottom shelf 20. Guides consistingof angle bars 26 secured to the bottoms of the bins and channel-bars 27secured brackets 10, and two semicircular plates 11 to the top of shelf20 are provided to insure movement of the bins in straight lines whenmoved in or out. The front side of each bln is provided with atranslucent or transparent pane 28, through which the contents of thebin may be viewed.

If the cabinet is set in a corner, so as to occupy but little space thearticles on the rear portion of any shelf can be easily reached byrevolving the cabinet on its journals 3 and 4 until the desired articleis within easy reach.

Thecabinet can be quickly taken down for storage or shipment, afterremoving the bolts 12 and 14.

While I have shown and described the preferred form of my invention, Ireserve the right to make such changes in the construction, combination,and arrangement of parts as properly fall within the spirit and scope ofthe appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is:

1. In a device of the class described, the

combination with a vertically disposed shaft of a plurality of upper andlower horizontal brackets having their inner ends terminating invertical portions, upper and lower shelves consisting of a pair ofsections having their meeting edges disposed over certain of therespective brackets and detach- ,ably connected thereto,

2. In a device of the class described the bins slidably mounted betweenthe upper 40 and-lower shelves.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOSEPH B. TIN SLEY.

Witnesses:

F. G. FISCHER, o F. O. Fisomm.

